The New Castle Career Center (NCCC) is offering a new career program for 2021 incoming juniors and seniors. The Property and Facility Management class, taught by David Allen, is a class developed to help students that are looking at going into a skilled trades program after graduation. The program is hosted at the MRS Heating and Cooling/Pro Green building.
During the course, students have the opportunity to earn an OSHA 10 Certification for Safety and NCCER Certification through Ivy Tech for construction basics and carpentry. The course is a combination of class time and project time. The twelve students in the course have already completed projects for the City of New Castle, the Adult Education Building, and the Danielson Center. They are planning projects for Wimmer Vaults and New Castle City Parks.
“During site tours and visits, students will be introduced to skilled trades locals and training facilities,” Allen explained. “Teaching the course at the MRS/Pro Green building is a great opportunity for many reasons. One being that we can work with MRS when discussing heating and cooling and with Pro Green when discussing landscaping and equipment management.”
Students have had the opportunity this year to see all types of construction projects throughout the community. Those projects include solar farms being constructed and the replacement of the railroad rails in New Castle.
Duke Hamm, owner of MRS Heating and Cooling, added, “having the NCCC students at the MRS/Pro Green building is a great way to support the youth, the community, and the NCCC.”
For more information regarding the Property and Facility Management course, or the variety of other career programs offered at the New Castle Career Center visit nccareercenter.org
The New Castle Career Center (NCCC) EMT & Public Safety career program added another tool to help train students—a retired working ambulance. The program already has an EMT ambulance simulator, which teaches the students how to properly operate an ambulance. The new ambulance, however, will give students real insight on working with and on a moving ambulance.
New Castle EMS Chief Troy Gibbs approached EMT Instructor Bill Hufford, explaining he wanted to donate a retired ambulance to the NCCC. Hufford immediately jumped on the opportunity, knowing that it would be a phenomenal training tool for students to utilize.
“Our indoor training simulator is great, and used to the full extent, but it cannot give students the feel of doing CPR on a patient while the ambulance is in motion,” Hufford explained. “Also, when we go off site to train, we have to load and unload equipment. Now we can keep the unit fully stocked and ready to go!”
Hufford is a state emergency vehicle operator instructor and can now offer the EVOC course to area fire departments and EMS units, as well as to his students. This will be a way for the EMT course to create revenue for the program and certify area responders.
“It will be a great class project putting the unit together and will serve as yet another education moment where students can learn exactly how to stock an ambulance unit,” Hufford added.
For more information on the EMT & Public Safety course, or the many other courses the NCCC has to offer, visit nccareercenter.org
